Egypt

Six Coptic Christians and one security guard were killed and three other persons were injured during a Coptic Christmas midnight Mass in the town of Nag Hamadi, 40 miles from Luxor. The gunmen sprayed the crowd with an automatic weapon from their vehicle as Mass ended. It is suspected that the attack came as retaliation for the rape of a 12-year-old Muslim girl by a Coptic Christian in the town in November.

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